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At the risk of being pedantic, let's see if this clears things up:

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Two stickies in the politics room this is the first ^^^ and this is second

Itís not so much your (widely shared) views on firearms that are unpopular as it is your see-through charade of pretending to be a dispassionate ďtrollĒ here, when you are plainly a desperate and childish egotist who canít go an hour without feeling like the center of attention on a skiing forum.

It’s not so much your (widely shared) views on firearms that are unpopular as it is your see-through charade of pretending to be a dispassionate “troll” here, when you are plainly a desperate and childish egotist who can’t go an hour without feeling like the center of attention on a skiing forum.

Cunt^

"I don't pretend to have all the answers, and I think there's something to be said for that" -One For The Road

"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin

***RULES*** Read these first!
Political discussion always result in disagreements and ugliness. If you can't handle it, get out of this forum now.

You do not have the right to be unoffended in this Political subforum.

Other forum rules do still apply. While trolling, flaming, insults, and rudeness are to be fully expected, points will be awarded for swear filter dodging, NWS images, death threats, overt racism/bigotry, etc,

Anyone reporting a post or contacting admins, moderators, or employees of AF1 Racing in any way concerning any content in the Political subforum will be put in time-out, banned, and/or publicly ridiculed.

We encourage everyone to be mature, civil, and relatively tame so intelligent discussions can thrive. As long as we don't have to intervene we will leave this forum active.
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Two stickies in the politics room this is the first ^^^ and this is second

damn, spot on.

Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.

"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin

God knows I've gotten into some dumb - and I mean DUMB - arguments on this forum, often after several drinks and late at night - but for the life of me I never understood why anyone would argue about political shit on an internet forum, especially at this point in time. Sounds exhausting.

Also, trying to get people banned is a cunt move. The only reason to ban IMO is if someone is posting so excessively and ridiculously all over the place that it literally ruins the experience of the forum.

Also, trying to get people banned is a cunt move. The only reason to ban IMO is if someone is posting so excessively and ridiculously all over the place that it literally ruins the experience of the forum.